Dozens of cars have been vandalised in Tollesbury on Saturday night (September 9).

Essex Police have confirmed they have received reports of up to 37 incidents in the area in the following days.

The cars in question have been scratched with what appears to have been a key.

The reported incidents say that doors, bonnets and roofs have been scratched in a single movement in the Tollesbury district of Maldon.

Andy Brooks, of 14 Hyacinth Close in Tollesbury, discovered he was one of the victims of this crime after his wife saw several residents warning fellow car owners on the Facebook neighbourhood watch page.